Sampling: Stratified 2-stage sampling; A sample of 209 cities/villages, stratified by town size was taken. Within cities/villages, a random sample of individuals from the population registry.

Financier: Ministry of Justice (Government of Japan).

Fieldwork: The Japanese research company contracted with the Ministry of Justice.

Coordination: UNICRI.

Publication: “The Second Crime Victimization Survey”, 2005, Research Report Series No. 29, Research Division, Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Justice. (Official report of the Japanese version for the outcome of domestic part of the survey for the ICVS 2004).